Combined snap hook and buckle



(No Model.)

J. W. ORANDALL. COMBINED SNAP HOOK AND BUCKLE.

No. 570,277. Patented Oct. 27, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN \V. CRANDALL, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

COMBINED SNAP HOOK AND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,277, dated October27, 1896.

Application filed January 22, 1896. Serial No. 576,443. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN IV. ORANDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at J effersonville, in the county of Clark and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedSnap Hook and Buckle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fullclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en ableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in combined snap hooks and buckles,and the object that 1 have in view is to provide a simple andinexpensive construction in which the buckle-frame and the hook propershall constitute a single integral part or casting.

With these ends in view my invention comprises a snap-bu ckle having thebuckle-frame cast in a single piece with the turned-up or overhangingpart of the snap-hook, combined with the snap tongue and spring madefrom a single length of stout spring-wire which is bent to form twocoiled eyes, a single tongue, and two free spring-arms, all of whichparts are arranged so that the coiled eyes will fit on a supporting-barof the frame to hold the tongue and spring positively in place andenable the spring-arms to bear against the cast frame while the tonguebears or takes against the beak or free end of the hook, all as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved snapbuckle. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view on the plane indicated by the dotted line 00as of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the spring andtongue.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

The buckle-frame A and the hook B are cast in a single piece of metal.The buckleframe A consists of the side bars a, the end bar I), thetongue-bar c, and the stud-bar (Z, which are integral with each other,and the side bars a are brought or merged together and extended, asshown, to form the hook B,

which is curved or returned back upon itself. The stud-bar d is betweenthe end bar T) and the tongue-bar c, and it lies in the same plane withthe bars a b, as shown more clearly by Fig. 2. The tongue-bar c israised above the side bars a and the bars I) d, so that it lies in aplane above all the bars of the buckle-frame, to better enable the bar 0to support the tongue in proper position to engage with the hook B.

The studbar cl is provided with an upwardly projected and inclined studcl, and this bar 01 is arranged at such distance from the tongue-bar cas to permit a strap to be easily passed around the stud-bar, so as toenable the stud d to fit in an aperture in the strap and thus hold orconfine the strap in the buckle-frame in a manner which will beunderstood by those skilled in the art to whicl this invention relates.

The tongue and spring is made from asingle length or piece of stoutspring-wire. This wire is bent or doubled to form the tongue 0,consisting of two strands of wire which terminate in the coiled eyes 6e, which are fitted on the tongue-bar c of the buckle-frame, and theends of the wire from these coiled eyes are prolonged to provide thespring-armsff, which are arranged to bear against a solid part of thehook B. These spring-arms f and the spring-tongue provide a strongspring to resist the opening of the snap-tongue and to insure the tongueremaining closed against the back of the hook B, but the tongue isadapted to yield or give when pressure is applied externally to engagethe snap with a ring, buckle, or other part of a harness.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be noted that the sidebars a a of the castmetal frame are inclined inwardly or converged tojoin with the hook, and that these inclined parts of the side bars leavean opening or space between the bar 0 and the hook where it joins theinclined parts of the side bars. The construction of the frame with theopening or space referred to, and the position of the tongue-bar 0 abovethe plane of the frame-bars and the stud-bar (1, enables the arms f ofthe spring-wire forming the tongue and spring to be readily adjusted orpassed through this opening or space in the front of frame in applyingthe spring and tongue in the buckle-frame. This arrange ment also holdsthe spring in position to insure the arms f having proper bearing uponthe base of the hook to give the spring the necessary yielding action,and the tonguebar 0 lies in a position for the strap to be easilyadjusted around the tongue-bar and through the buckle-frame withoutmaterial hindrance from the bar a or the spring fitted thereon.

It is thought that the mode of using and the advantages of my improvedsnap-buckle will be readily understood and appreciated from theforegoing description, taken in connection with the drawings.

-Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a combined snap hook and buckle, the cast-metal frame consisting ofthe bars a,b, the

hookB joined to the converging ends of the side bars a and forming anopening or space between the tongue-bar c and the base of the hook, thestud-bar d having the inclined stud (Z and the tongue-bar 0 arranged ona plane above the plane of the bars a, Z), cl, of said frame, combinedwith the tongue and spring bent from a continuous length of wire to formthe coils or eyes 6 between the spring-arms f and the tongue 0, saidcoils or eyes being held on the raised tongue-bar c and springarms fbearing against the base of the hook B, as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. CRANDALL. Witnesses:

WM. A. MORGAN, O. H. JOHNSON.

